Steven Spielberg News

“Hell, if a studio can piss away that kind of money, why not let 'em piss on me?”

Roy Scheider with his wife, Brenda, in 2006. Roy Scheider, who survived the shark in "Jaws" and brutally graphic open-heart surgery in "All That Jazz," died Sunday in Little Rock, Ark. via NY Daily News

“A Series of Unfortunate Events”

Comments "The Spiderwick Chronicles" is a near-perfect fantasy adventure for families. via Northwest Herald

Actor Roy Scheider , best known for his role as the police chief in Steven Spielberg's 1975 movie Jaws , died on Sunday at an Arkansas hospital aged 75... Carla Bruni has taken to appearing in flat shoes since ... via The First Post

Roy Scheider, November 2003. Jaws star Roy Scheider has died at the age of 75. The actor was best known for playing police chief Martin Brody in Steven Spielberg's famous 1975 shark thriller and its sequel ... via KCBA

A scientist with an out-of-control passion for sharks? Sounds like a third-rate Batman bad guy, but Rob Stewart is such a person, and even those outside the documentary film-fest bubble may have heard of this ... via Free Times

“That doesn't mean we have to serve them up a smorgasbord.”

The historic Paramount Theatre in downtown Aurora is once again playing host to classic films, only this year the movies are free. via Beacon News

“This came out of nowhere. Which in some ways is nicer.”

He left Universal Studios more than a decade ago, but thanks to his protege, Steven Spielberg, he'll always have a place on the Universal lot.

Sheinberg Place, named for veteran studio executive Sid Sheinberg, was dedicated Monday at a ceremony honoring the former studio chief. Among those in attendance were Dreamworks SKG founders David Geffen, Jeffrey Katzenberg and Spielberg.

'I understand it was Steven Spielberg's idea,' said Sheinberg, who ran Universal when it released the Spielberg blockbusters 'Jaws,' 'E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial' and 'Jurassic Park.' Read more

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Like many studio heads, Medavoy began his career working in the mailroom at Universal Studios, where he eventually became a casting director. via Hollywood.com

“Obviously, God had something planned for me because, for all intents and purposes, I should be dead, shouldn't even be here.”

She was an R&B legend with a drug habit as big as her hair, but now the queen of 70s funk has a new album out and a starring role on Broadway - and this time, Chaka Khan tells Gary Younge, she's doing it ... via Guardian Unlimited

Speaking with Woody Allen last week, I was taken aback when he told me he thought he'd had virtually no influence on American film. via The Detroit News

“The Mummy". Completed for release were a feature-length remake of the 60s military sitcom, "McHale's Navy”

Sidney Sheinberg distinguished himself as a durable and powerful studio executive, long with MCA/Universal where he served as president and COO from 1973 until its 1995 sale to Edgar Bronfman Jr. via Hollywood.com

“I've never seen anything like this in 30 years in the business. The sea was red with these jellyfish and there was nothing we could do about, it, absolutely nothing.”

Millions of Deadly Jellyfish Attack and Evidence of an Ancient Sea Monster is Found In 1975, a movie about a great white shark terrorizing the coast of a New England town scared audiences across the world. via Associated Content

Legendary filmmaker STEVEN SPIELBERG will receive the prestigious Cecil B. DeMille Award at the 2009 Golden Globes Awards following the cancellation of this year's ceremony. via PR-inside.com

“Kids, even in the same family, mature at different rates. "They usually ask me to see Indiana Jones, which I think is fine for my younger kids.”

Caption: Steven Spielberg. Opening night after party celebrating the Broadway play 'The Farnsworth Invention' held at the New York Marriott Marquis Times Square. via ContactMusic.com

“Dad, I was bar mitzvahed last week. Everybody said today I'm a man, and you still won't let me see Jaws ?”

We recenetly posted the Vanity Fair article that spoke with Spielberg, Lucas, etc. via Entertainment Insiders

“Why did he do it like this? And why didn't he do it like this?”

May 22 still feels awfully far away, but if the nearly six-month gap between your eyeballs and Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull has you feeling forlorn, fear not -- Vanity Fair 's February ... via Rotten Tomatoes

Q&A ONLINE ONLY Steven Spielberg The director discusses everything from Frank Darabont's unused Indiana Jones script to how old his kids need to be to see Jaws. via James Wolcott

“At that time I was caught up in the glamor of Hollywood myself”

Feeds Posts by George Eberhart via RSS The Hollywood blockbuster UFO film directed by Steven Spielberg , Close Encounters of the Third Kind, premiered in New York City on November 17, 1977. via Encyclopaedia Britannica

“You're trying to get me fired, aren't you?”

The filmmakers behind this cheap, pathetic exercise in sadistic sleaze actually compared "P2" to Steven Spielberg's classic thriller "Jaws," only in a parking garage. via Daily Herald